After market wheels and longer wheel bolts

I will ask here first before I do further research... anyway, new to me 1996 Tacoma 4 X 4 ext cab with six lug wheels. She has old school M/T aluminum wheels and while i was putting the front wheels on after new pads/rotors I noticed the studs didnt seem to stick out far enough. Could it be the rotors are thicker where they mount on the hub and the rims are thicker... I do not know, I really dont want to take it back apart., anyway, I cant be the first person to come accross this, so, what have people in the past done... I counted, 6 3/4 turns on the lig nuts before seated.

 

how thick is the wheel were the lugnut contacts and the mounting surface? How much stud do you have sticking out? ( in inches.)

 

Maybe 5/8 to 3/4 of an inch when the acorn hits the rim.


I ordered a set of these eBay Item # 161936826516. For a Lexus IS300. Supposed to be same stud just longer. When I get them installed I will report back.

 

Wheel sounds a lot thicker then a factory wheel.

 

yes... dropped the spare and took a look, thicker by 1/4 to 5/16 of an inch.

 

Yeah kinda common. I put those studs in. As others have done as well. You can find a few threads or posts regarding this. Pretty easy to do. You will Probly need open end lugs tho. Other option would have been to get bolt on spacers.

 

pass on the spacers...

 

Yep longer studs will be fine. Was just sayin

As I said they're not too hard to put in. They sell a special tool for making sure they seat properly in the hub. But others have had succes using nuts. Just be careful not to mess up the threads if using nuts or something else. I pressed mine in. Was a bitch doing it that way tho.

 

4 or five nuts abd 4 or five nice thick washers. Use 2 washers but put grease in between then. Acts like a bearing. Kinda. I put rear studs on my front hubs. They're 9mm longer then the original fronts.swap out the nuts if they start to look bad at all.